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Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

RSIS 335

Text Information

Siglum
RSIS 335
Alternative Sigla
MRNS 4
Transliteration
l nẓr bn qḥs² bn grmʾl bn qḥs² bn ḥḍg bn ʿwḏ w wgd ʾṯr ʾs²yʿ -h f ngʿ w h lt ʿwr l- ḏ yʿwr h- s¹fr
Translation
By Nẓr son of Qḥs² son of Grmʾl son of Qḥs² son of Ḥḍg son of ʿwḏ and he found the traces of his companions so, he grieved in pain and O Lt [inflict] blindness on whoever scratches out the writing

Interpretation

Provenance
According to the previous publication of this text, MRNS 4, it comes from Tall aḍ-Ḍabiʿ(32° 43 50.84N and 37° 17 5.25E) and the co-ordinates for this are cited above.
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

  • Rawan, S. Neue safaitische Inschriften aus Süd-Syrien. (Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 16). Aachen: Shaker, 2013.
  • Al-Manāsīr [Al-Manaser], A.Y.Kh. & Raʿwan, S. Nuqūš ṣafāʾiyyah min tall al-ḍabʿ fī ǧanūbī sūriyā. Sumer 55: 195–2014
Site
Tall aḍ-Ḍabʿ, Syria
Date Found
2006
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Finding inscription(s), Genealogy, Grieving, Isolated Prayer
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0032958
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